THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996003
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 26, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
26 OCTOBER 1962
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LATE ITEM
The navy this morning forced a Soviet submarine to
the surface at a point about 350 miles south of Bermuda.
It has also stopped and boarded the Lebanese freighter,
Marcula, inside the quarantine zone.
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1. The Cuban Problem
a. Havana remains quiet, but
the prevailing atmosphere is one of
slowly rising tension.
d. We are beginning to see evi-
dence that the Cubans are having their
headaches over mobilization and logis-
tic problems. They are also getting
worried ?about the possibility of civil
disturbances.
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SAN CRISTOBAL
MRBM COMPLEX
HAVANA
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GUANAJAY
IRBM COMPLEX
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MATA ZAS
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MATANZAS
LOCATIONS OF OFFENSIVE MISSILE SITES IN CUBA
SAGUA LAGRANDE
MRBM COMPLEX
. REMEDIOS IRBM
ISLE OF PINES
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CAMAGUEY?
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ORIENTE
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NAUTICAL MILES
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Santiago
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2. Non-bloc
reaction
f. Photographs taken yesterday
indicate there has been no slackening
in the pace of construction work at
the missile sites. They also show
what looks like missile check-out op-
erations in progress at two San
Cristobal MRBM sites.
Reactions in the non-Communist
world are about what they were
yesterday. However, there seems
to be something of a ground swell
of uneasiness developing, notably
in Europe, over the possibility
that the Soviets will take retalia-
tory action.
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3. Bloc support
Bloc reaction
c, Guinea and Senegal have
assured us they will deny landing
rights to Soviet aircraft bound for
Cuba. Morocco seems to be coming
around as well. So far so good, but
it remains to be seen how well these
countries stand up to Soviet pressures.
a. Scattered indications that
some Soviet and satellite ground and
air units are on an alert status keep
coming in, but we observe no
Important abnormalities in the bloc's
military posture.
b. Moscow is making much of
Khrushchev's acceptance of U Thant 's
proposal for US-USSR negotiations.
Peiping, however, IS. grumbling that
Moscow again has shown itself to be
weak-kneed.
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COMMUNIST CHINA,- INDIA BORDER AREA
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AND
/ KASHMIR
(Status in disputit)
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Boundary shown on Indian maps
Bounhaiy shown on recent -??
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Motorable road
Motoratile road
under construction
Minor road,or trail
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s.sogriOed hy the U.S. Govesnment.
Areas in dispute
LOCATION OF
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Zhikatse
NEW DELH
NEPAL?,
KATMANDU
Tezaur ?
EAST PAKISTAN
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5, India-China
6. Laos
a. The Chinese offensive rolls
on. The Communists have knocked over
the Indian base at Towang in the
northeast sector, and are reported to
have made a new penetration at the
extreme eastern end of the border.
b. In Ladakh, Chinese forces
have apparently surrounded Chushul,
site of an airfield on which Indian
forces have relied for much of their
supplies. In so doing, the Chinese
have gone beyond the line Peiping
heretofore has claimed to be the
proper boundary.
C. As expected, India politely
turned down Nasir's suggestion that
a group of neutrals try to work out
a settlement. Peiping, on the other
hand, has accepted the idea, but only
on condition that negotiations are
conducted on its own terms.
a. Souvanna, in Hanoi since
Tuesday, returned to Vientiane yes-
terday. He told reporters that
North Vietnamese Premier ?Pham Van
Dong had indicated that there are
no Vietnamese forces in Laos. He
also quoted Pham as saying that
any suspicions on this score ought
to be cleared up by the ICC.
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7. Congo
b. Pham's account is a little
different, His story is that he gave
assurances that all Vietnamese who
had been in Laos at Souvanna's re-
quest had been withdrawn. Moreover,
he has again ridiculed charges that
Vietnamese forces are lingering in
Laos, which does not sound as though
he favors any ICC investigation.
c. Meanwhile, there has been
no letup in Communist accusations
that American military personnel are
still in Laos. The latest wrinkle
is that our people are beginning to
take command of Meo forces in the
hinterland.
a. UN officials are sounding
out the US, UK, ?and Canada on pro-
viding UN forces in the Congo with
napalm bombs. The idea, which they
say originated with Ralph Bunche,
is to use napalm to burn out Katanga
fighters now protected by revetments
and underground hangers.
b. Our delegation notes that
the question of the US providing
these bombs may well have been over-
taken by events. The only US-built
aircraft assigned to the UN forces,
three F-86s belonging to Ethiopia,
were pulled out of the Congo yester-
day. Our people, nevertheless, have
passed the word that they are not
in favor of the project.
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8. Yemen
c. The withdrawal of the
Ethiopian air contingent leaves the
UN with only five operational combat
planes (3 Swedish J-29 fighters, 2
Indian Canberras). Ambassador
Gullion comments that the day may not
be far off when the Katangan air capa-
bility will exceed the UN's. It is
against this backdrop that the UN has
asked for napalm.
d. Meanwhile, it looks
Tshomb6 may have lost Angola
source of military supplies.
as though
as a
a. On the battlefield revolu-
tionary forces are steadily pressing
their advantage against dissident
tribesmen.
b. Cairo, anxious to keep
things moving in its favor, has
been pressing Moscow for quick de-
livery of military equipment needed
for the Yemen operation.
c. Moscow has responded pretty
well. In the past ten days, eleven
Soviet transports have flown into
Cairo, where they have remained. At
least two more may be on the way.
Whether or not these planes brought
in military gear, they, plus seven
others already on. hand, give the
Egyptians 4 substantial air lift
capabilityshould. it be needed.
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d. The UAR is also trying to
cement things politically./
/th?e timb-had
come to start working on a mutual
defense pact.
e. The governor of Aden, stung
by what seems to have been an ac-
cidental bombing of British territory
by planes from Yemen, has recommended
to London that he be given standby
authority to retaliate against future
incidents of this kind by bombing
planes on the Sana airfield. We
doubt he will get it, but London may
feel compelled to authorize something
less drastic to prevent pro-British
elements in the colony from losing
heart.
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NOTES
A. Ecuador The story in Quito is that former president
TeTigE-5, exiled in Argentina since Arosemena kicked
him out of office a year ago, has about made up his
mind that the time has come to get even. He has
substantial support in Ecuador if he can get to it,
but we question that he will be able to wiggle through
Arosemena's security net.
B. Finland-USSR The Finns tell us that trade was the
main topic of Kekkonen's recent talks with Khrushchev.
They claim there was no discussion about Finnish ac-
quisition of missiles or of a German peace treaty.
Khrushchev refused to be smoked out on where he stood
on Finland's future relations with the EEC.
C. Northern Rhodesia We are looking for a quicker pace
in the political life of the Central African Federation
after next Tuesday's elections in Northern Rhodesia.
It is almost a foregone conclusion that Africans will
win control of the legislature thus setting the stage
fora joint effort with like-minded nationalists in
neighboring Nyasaland to loosen the constitutional ties
which bind them to Roy Welensky's white-dominated
Southern Rhodesia.
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